. Our ferns in their haunts; a guide to all the native species. Ferns. 238 CnBlLANTHES AND Cheilanthes vcstita is a conspicuous example of a rock- loving fern that is not partial to limestone. It shows a strong preference for igneous rock. the New Haven station it is described as growing in the crevices of a basaltic cliff and in northern New Jersey it is most frequently found on gneiss ledges. Superficially it has a decided resem- blance to Woodsia Ilvcnsis and is not in- frequently collected for it. Its fronds are about the same size and shape, are hairy, and the plant has t
. Our ferns in their haunts; a guide to all the native species. Ferns. 238 CnBlLANTHES AND Cheilanthes vcstita is a conspicuous example of a rock- loving fern that is not partial to limestone. It shows a strong preference for igneous rock. the New Haven station it is described as growing in the crevices of a basaltic cliff and in northern New Jersey it is most frequently found on gneiss ledges. Superficially it has a decided resem- blance to Woodsia Ilvcnsis and is not in- frequently collected for it. Its fronds are about the same size and shape, are hairy, and the plant has the same fondness for growing in dense little clumps on ex- posed rocky crests. The species are not difficult to distinguish between, when one has both in hand ; the difficulty comes when one collects a single species and would be sure which it is. When other signs fail, Clieilantlies may be known for a certainty by its lack of a joint in the stipe. The fronds are also somewhat slenderer, and the pinnules narrower and further apart. The plant has a short, creeping root- stock covered with hairlike brownish scales, and shows its southern nature by producing fronds until late autumn as if there were no such things as frost and snow. Even in the north, it appears to be evergreen. The fronds are usually from six to eight inches long, on short stipes and narrowly lanceolate in outline. They are twice pinnate, the primary pinna about ovate,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Clute, Willard Nelson, b. 1869. New York, F. A. Stokes Co
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